Ince tackles two sports at Monmouth

Free time will be hard to come by in Dayton Ince’s college career.The three-sport Kewanee High School standout has signed to play two sports at Monmouth College — basketball and baseball.

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By Mike Landis

Star Courier - Kewanee, IL

By Mike Landis

Posted Jun. 28, 2013 at 7:08 PM
Updated Jun 28, 2013 at 7:11 PM

By Mike Landis

Posted Jun. 28, 2013 at 7:08 PM
Updated Jun 28, 2013 at 7:11 PM

KEWANEE

Free time will be hard to come by in Dayton Ince’s college career.

The three-sport Kewanee High School standout has signed to play two sports at Monmouth College — basketball and baseball.

“Handling two sports and going to college is definitely going to be a challenge,” said Ince. “Just going to college in general is tough, but then you add the two sports in there. The coaches are excited that I’m doing both and they’ll both work on it with me, so that will be a plus.”

Ince finished No. 20 on the KHS career scoring list in basketball with 849 points in two seasons and led the Boilers to an unbeaten Three Rivers Conference title in 2012-13.

On the baseball diamond, he was a fixture behind the plate for the Boilers.

“He’s meant a lot to me personally and helped me through some tough times that we all know about,” said KHS basketball coach Steve Salisbury. “For our program, he’s been our leader the last two years and a solid kid on and off the court.”

The Monmouth campus and the opportunity to play sports in the winter and spring are what led Ince to the Fighting Scots.

“The campus is beautiful and they keep doing great things to add on to it,” said Ince, “and I really liked the coaches. They’re great guys and I’m really excited to go there.”

Salisbury said the Monmouth coaches are getting an athlete that leads by example and puts in the time to excel.

“When I talked to the Monmouth coaches, I told them you’re going to get a kid that’s dedicated to your program and can really shoot the basketball,” said Salisbury.